HSK 3Lesson 38
Yixue has a plan for the zoo on a Saturday in January, and Annie only wants to see the giant panda. You will watch the plan go wrong at the horses and the panda house, and then hear who turns up late.
You will learn to talk about a day at the zoo: name animals, describe the noise they make, say something is dirty, and say that an action has just started.
Part 1 · 6 new words
Contains 4 words
animal
zoo
giant panda
horse
Contains 2 words
garden; park (in a place name)
dirty
Part 2 · 9 phrases
周末我们带孩子去动物园，孩子最喜欢看大熊猫。
On weekends we take the kids to the zoo, and they like seeing the giant pandas best.
孩子们不能给动物吃东西，动物吃了不好的东西会生病。
Kids must not feed the animals, because animals can get sick if they eat the wrong things.
动物里我最喜欢马，它跑得又快又好看。
Of all the animals I like horses best; they run fast and look beautiful.
你骑过马吗？骑马的时候一定要小心。
Have you ridden a horse? You must be careful when you ride.
我们的校园很大，里面还有一个花园。
Our campus is big and even has a garden inside.
晚上请不要大声说话，别人在睡觉。
Please don't talk loudly at night, because other people are sleeping.
Part 3 · 4 conversations
Yixue brings Annie and Xiaodong to the zoo gate on a Saturday morning. Annie only wants to see the giant panda, but Yixue has a plan in her notebook.
小东Xiaodong
北京动物园！这五个字我都认得。
Beijing Zoo! I know all five of these characters.
安妮Annie
你认得真多！我等这一天等了好久，我来中国就是想看大熊猫。
You know so many! I've waited a long time for this day. I came to China just to see a giant panda.
孩子们一看见大熊猫，就大声叫起来。
The moment the kids saw the panda, they started shouting.
你的手太脏了，快去洗手，洗完了再吃饭。
Your hands are too dirty. Go wash them and then eat.
大熊猫一吃起来，就吃半天。
Once a panda starts eating, it eats for half a day.
王一雪Wang Yixue
别急，路都写在本子上了。你看，十点看大熊猫，别的我们慢慢看。
Don't worry, the route is in my notebook. Look, pandas at ten, and we'll take the rest slowly.
安妮Annie
那现在先看什么？
So what do we see first?
小东Xiaodong
我要先看马！妈妈说今天听我的。
I want to see the horses first! Mom said today we do what I say.
王一雪Wang Yixue
好，听你的。不过这个动物园很大，我们要快一点儿。
All right, we'll do it your way. But the zoo is big, so we have to hurry.
安妮Annie
我的大熊猫，等着我！走吧！
My panda, wait for me! Let's go!
At the horses, Xiaodong laughs because one of them calls out very loudly. Annie, who has never been this close to a horse, is a little scared.
小东Xiaodong
你们听！马叫了！
Listen! The horse called out!
安妮Annie
我的耳朵都疼了！马叫起来这么大声吗？
My ears hurt! Is a horse always this loud when it calls?
小东Xiaodong
安妮姐姐怕马！
Annie is scared of horses!
安妮Annie
我才不怕，我只是第一次听。汉语里怎么学马叫？
I'm not scared, it's just my first time hearing it. How do you imitate a horse in Chinese?
小东Xiaodong
我会！我学一声给你听！
I can! I'll do one for you!
王一雪Wang Yixue
小东，别学了，别人都在看你呢。
Xiaodong, stop it. Other people are looking at you.
安妮Annie
学得真像！再来一遍！
That sounded just like it! Do it one more time!
The three of them reach the panda house at ten and find a crowd. The panda is asleep and nobody can see its face.
安妮Annie
人真多！大熊猫在哪儿？
So many people! Where's the panda?
王一雪Wang Yixue
在那边，睡觉呢。你看，我们看不见它的脸。
Over there, sleeping. See? We can't see its face.
安妮Annie
睡觉？我坐了一个小时的车来看它睡觉？
Sleeping? I rode for an hour to watch it sleep?
小东Xiaodong
我们回去看马吧，马不睡觉。
Let's go back to the horses. Horses don't sleep.
王一雪Wang Yixue
再等十分钟。我的本子上写着，十点半它要吃东西。
Wait ten more minutes. My notebook says it eats at ten thirty.
安妮Annie
你的本子怎么什么都知道？
How does your notebook know everything?
王一雪Wang Yixue
我上星期问过。
I asked last week.
The panda finally wakes and starts to eat. Annie wants it on her phone, and Jiayue, late as ever, arrives with dirty hands.
王一雪Wang Yixue
看，它起来了！吃起来了！
Look, it's up! It's started eating!
安妮Annie
它吃得这么大声！我要用手机照下来。
It eats so loudly! I want to get it on my phone.
白家月Bai Jiayue
对不起对不起，我来晚了！我带了好吃的。
Sorry, sorry, I'm late! I brought something good to eat.
安妮Annie
别过来！你的手好脏，我的手机……
Don't come near! Your hands are so dirty, and my phone...
白家月Bai Jiayue
对不起！我去洗手！
Sorry! I'll go wash my hands!
王一雪Wang Yixue
你每次都迟到，我的本子上怎么写你啊？
You're late every time. What am I supposed to write about you in my notebook?
安妮Annie
没关系，这张照片我一定要放在手机里：大熊猫吃饭，旁边有一只脏手！
It's okay. I'm definitely keeping this photo: a panda eating, and a dirty hand next to it!
